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Motor Home Pursuit and Manhunt

A motor home pursuit ends with a standoff in an orchard. Robert Kavacik reports from Bakersfield for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 1, 2018 (Published Tuesday, May 1, 2018)

A registered sex offender from Oregon accused of leading a motor home chase Tuesday across Southern California freeways ended the hourslong chase in a standoff with police in Bakersfield, but was still on the loose, authorities said.

Stephen Houk, a 46-year-old parolee from Oregon who was possibly armed, was still at large Tuesday night after a standoff with deputies. His children, a 3-year-old boy and 11-month-old girl, were safely removed from the RV, authorities said.

After the initial call there was a brief pursuit, which was terminated for reasons that are not immediately clear.

Then, another police agency spotted the motor home Tuesday afternoon and the chase was on around the streets of Hollywood and onto the 101 Ventura Freeway.

The chase transitioned to the 170 North which turns into the 5 Freeway, before continuing north to the Bakersfield area.

Houk was accused of driving the RV north on the Golden State Freeway through Santa Clarita about 55 mph with police cars trailing behind. The RV was a Dolphin 2740, complete with bicycles clamped on the back.